NORA OLABI | MARCH 16, 2018 | 3:32PM Earlier this year, Denver Public Schools announced it was cutting about $5 million from its budget, or about fifty central administration jobs, to provide schools with more funding in the 2018-2019 school year. About 86 percent of those cuts will directly or partially affect district-level special-education services by eliminating central office jobs, vacancies and…
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Parents protest graphic sex ed in San Diego public schools
By Eric Francis Concerned Parents of San Diego Unified rallied at the San Diego Unified School District on February 27 to tell the board of education their sex education program is “too much too soon.” The “Rally4Kids” drew people from all corners of San Diego to confront the school board. They said pornography, abortion and the…
Minneapolis parents and students protest school budget cuts
Prospect of cutting 300 to 400 jobs has raised alarm among teachers and parents, who pleaded with school board members. By Faiza Mahamud Star Tribune APRIL 10, 2018 More than 100 parents, students and school employees pleaded with the Minneapolis school board Tuesday night to preserve jobs and funding in the face of a massive deficit. Students…
Parents to pull kids from public schools to protest ‘graphic, gender-bending’ sex ed
Bradford Richardson – The Washington Times – Wednesday, April 11, 2018 Parents are pulling their children out of public schools for a day to protest sex education that they say has become graphic, hedonistic and ideological under the influence of pro-choice and gay rights groups. The Sex Ed Sit Out started with parents in Charlotte, North…
Parents Voice Concerns Over New Charter School System (Alabama)
Updated: Apr 6, 2018 9:16 AM CDT by Ellis Eskew The Montgomery Education Foundation has applied to convert five Montgomery schools into charter schools. Parents and citizens voiced their concerns Thursday evening at a listening session. And they had plenty to say. “Today the Ed Foundation, the business community, under the guise of improvement, they are…
Standing Strong for Public Education! 